The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire /

In The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire, Pierre Briant examines the revival and rewriting of the history of Alexander the Great in 18th-century Europe. To Enlightenment thinkers Alexander exemplified the West and Europe, especially in his role as the conqueror of Asia. Cla...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Briant, Pierre (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
359 B.C.-1799 A.D.
Hellenism > Influence.
Hellenism > Historiography.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Hellénisme > Influence.
Hellénisme > Historiographie.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
HISTORY / Europe / General
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. > Historiography.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Grèce > Histoire > 359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine) > Historiographie.
Europe.
Greece.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Fragments of European history
  • I.A critical history
  • History, morals, and philosophy
  • Alexander in Europe: erudition and history
  • II. The conqueror-philosopher
  • War, reason, and civilization
  • A successful conquest
  • Affirming and contesting the model
  • III. Empires and nations
  • Lessons of empire, from the Thames to the Indus
  • Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration
  • German Alexanders
  • IV. The sense of history
  • After Alexander?
  • Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient
  • Conclusion.

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